Cork-puller.



E. W. MOULTON.

CORK FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1912.

1,070,5 1 8, Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH co., WASHINGTON c.

PTNT Fi lt /E.

EUGENE W. MOULTON, OF BOXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

CORK-FULLER.

Application filed. June 10,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, EUGENE N. Monnron,citizen of the United States, residing at iioxbury, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cork-Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle opening implements, andthe object of my invention is to provide a combmed;

implement for removing the metal caps fro-m bottles and also forremoving cor s from the necks of bottles.

it further object of my from a single rod of metal bent into the required shape and then tempered to give it the necessary strength andresiliency.

A further object of my invention is to provide an implement of thecharacter set forth in which the cap removing portion of the implementserves as a handle when the implement is employed in removing corks andin which the shank or body of the implement serves as a handle when theimplement is employed in removing caps from bottles. And a still furtherobject of my invention is to increase the efficiency of implements ofthe above described character.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and thenspecifically pointed out in the claim which is attached to and forms apart of this application.

in the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved implement,showing the manner in which it is employed for removing the metalliccaps from bottles, the position in which the hand of the operator graspsthe implement when so employed, be ing shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2 isa fragmentary sectional view of a bottle neck closed by a cork, showingmy improved im plement in position to withdraw the cork, the implementbeing shown in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a section taken at right anglesto the section shown in 2, showing the implement in front elevation andwith the cap removing portion in section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

One of the main objects of my invention Specification of Letters Patent.

invention is to i provide an implement which may be formed simplify theconstruction and Patent-ed An is, 1911s.

1912. Serial No. 702,850.

is to simplify the construction of the implement, so far as possible,and with this in view 1 form the implement from a single rod of metal 10which forms the shank or body portion of the implement and the ends ofwhich are bent and otherwise shaped to provide a cork extractingterminal 11 and a bottle cap removing terminal 12.

More specifically, one end of the rod is bent or curved as shown at 13and this curved portion is flattened as best shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawing to form a wedge 1 shaped entering member, the free terminal ofsaid member being notched or cut-away to form a barb 14, the active edgeof which is disposed angularly with respect to the body member of theimplement and radially with respect to the curved end.

The opposite end portion of the rod is bent at right angles to the bodymember, as shown at 15 and then bent to extend in parallel spacedrelation to the body portion, as shown at 16 and further bent at rightangles toward the body portion, as shown at 17 to complete a loop, theopposite sides of which are parallel. The free end of the rod is thenbent about the body portion, as shown at 18 and extended in parallelspaced relation to the portion 17, as shown at 19. This loop is soformed as to lie in substantially the same plane with the body portionand curved end 13 of the implement, as best shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawing. The portion 17 of the loop is interiorly beveled to provide anedge 20, this edge being best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

The metal rod is preferably formed of relatively soft iron to permitbending and shaping of the implement as above described and theimplement when completed is tempered in any suitable manner to give itthe requisite strength and resiliency.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawing,the operation and use of the implement will be readily understood.

When employed for removing the metal caps from bottles, the loop ispositioned with the portion 15 extending across the top of the cap andwith the beveled edge 20 of the port-ion 17 engaging beneath the crimpededge of the cap, the portion 19 being positioned above the portion 17.When employing the implement in this manner, the body portion or shankof the implement, together wit-h the curved end 13 thereof rest againstthe palm of the hand and form a handle, as will be readily understood.The fore-finger of the hand preferably bears against the neck of thebottle to assist in positioning and steadying the implement in place andthe thumb rests upon the end por tion of the member 19 to prevent allturning of the implement in the hand. Upon swinging the curved end ofthe implement upward, the bottle being held stationary, it will beapparent that the cap will be pried from place, the beveled edge 20preventing the disengagement of the implement from the cap.

VVhen the implement is employed for extracting corks from the neck of abottle, the barb or wedge-shaped terminal of the implement is forcedbetween the cork and bottle, the barb lying flat against the inner faceof the bottle neck and in no way interfering with the operation, untilthe barb has passed below the lower end of the cork.

The implement is then turned to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawing and raised to bring the active edge of the barb intoengagement against the lower end of the cork, the curved terminal of theimplement forcing the upper portion of the cork inwardly, as shown at21. By forming the active edge of the barb radially with respect to thecurved end of the shank, it bears evenly against the bottom of the cork,as shown.

The bottle being held stationary, an up ward pull upon the implementwill, through the engagement of the barb against the cork, draw thelatter from the bottle. During this drawing of the cork, the entire loopmay be grasped in the hand or one or more fingers maybe passed throughthe loop, as desired.

If the entire loop is held in the hand, the operation is somewhatsimplified, as the spaced portions 17 and 19 of the loop form a doublebearing surface for the fingers and prevent the handles cutting into thehand.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that I have providedan extremely simple implement and one which may be readily employedeither for removing the metallic caps from bottles or for extractingcorks from the same.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An article of manufacture including a metal rod having one end portionbent at right angles to the body portion, said end being then bent toextend in parallel spaced relation to the body portion and further bentat right angles toward the body portion to complete a loop, the free endof said end portion being bent about the body portion and extended inparallel spaced relation to that portion bent toward the body port-ion,said latter portion being beveled interiorly to provide an edge, theopposite end of the body portion being bent into a curve lyingsubstantially in the plane of the loop, the terminal of the curvedportion being fiattened.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE w. MOULTON. Ii 8.

Witnesses:

CHARLEs MASON, DANA E. JAoKsoN.

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